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HAMPTON: Lionel Hampton and his Golden Men of Jazz

Lionel Hampton and his Golden Men of Jazz 
Recorded at the Philharmonic Hall in Munich
Picture Format: 4:3
Sound Format:  DD 5.1, DTS 5.1
Running Time: 116 minutes
Region Code: free
Recording Date: 1993

Musicians:
Lionel Hampton Vibraphone, Drums, Vocals
Clark Terry Trumpet 
Harry 'Sweets' Edison Trumpet
Al Grey Trombone
Benny Golson Saxophone
Junior Mance Piano 
Jimmy Woode Bass
Panama Francis Drums
Track List Includes:
'Hamp', 'Paradise', 'Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop' - Lionel Hampton
God Bless this Child - Billie Holiday
Seven Comes Eleven - Benny Goodman
Lionel Hampton: Vibraphonist and drummer. The first great vibraphone soloist in jazz, Hampton began his career as a drummer in the Chicago Defender Newsboys' band. By the late 1920s he had moved to the West Coast and was billed as 'The World's Fastest Drummer' at Frank Sebastian's New Cotton Club in Culver City. 
He doubled on vibes after Louis Armstrong famously invited him to take a solo on the instrument in his 1930 disc of Memories of You. Hampton could always be relied on to produce long, melodically interesting solos on ballads, but he was also a hard swinging up-tempo player, and this is what led Benny Goodman to recruit him to join his quartet in 1936.